So·journ v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sojourned p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning.] To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. --Gen. xii. 30.
Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer.
The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. --Hayward.
So·journ·ing, n. The act or state of one who sojourns.
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